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A narrow boat has capsized in a lock along the Kennet and Avon Canal.Photographs posted on Twitter show the boat at a 30 degree angle with one end submerged under water.It appears the boat was negotiating a lock at Widcombe at around 2pm on Saturday afternoon when the incident happened.Paul Clements, who watched the drama unfold, said: “It hooked its stern on the gate ledge, tilted forward as the water was let out of the lock. The guy panicked and jumped off as it rolled over.”There are reportedly other canal users stuck either side of the lock waiting for the boat to the rescued.

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Hire a narrowboat to a stag party and expect someone to be sober enough to negotiate locks? Aren't you forgetting this is England, where alcohol rules and no one has any guts to do anything about that?

The lock doesn't empty that quickly, so I wonder why the lower sluice gates weren't shut off again when they realised what was happening. @KandAinfo says a crane lift is being planned but it looks as if there's still enough buoyancy to refloat it it by opening the upper gates & dragging it out of the lock to let others by.